significant impediment to
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignificant,impedimentandto
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significant
adjective
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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impediment
noun[C]
uk/ɪmˈped.ɪ.mənt/us/ɪmˈped.ə.mənt/
something that makes progress, movement, or achieving something difficult ...
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to
preposition
uk/tuː/us/tuː/
used before a verb to show that it is in ...
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(Definition ofsignificant,impedimentandtofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I am neither the first nor the last reviewer to observe that endnotes are asignificantimpedimentto readability.
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If the clone feels pressured to accept that standard, this might be asignificantimpedimentto freedom in directing one's own life.
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The absence of abundant insect remains does not seem to us asignificantimpedimentto the forest fire theory which otherwise explains the origination of the tetrapod fossils so well.
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Stouffer argued that distance is a surrogate for the effect of intervening opportunities, which are asignificantimpedimentto geographical mobility.
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That is not a major orsignificantimpedimentto social mobility.
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This is asignificantimpedimentto the activities of businesses and prevents them from developing.
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It achieves a much greater significance if it is looked at as asignificantimpedimentto investment.
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It is also an area in which non-tariff barriers can provide asignificantimpedimentto trade, particularly the use of regulation.
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What amounts to a substantial lessening of, orsignificantimpedimentto competition is usually answered through empirical study.
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In simple terms, the creation of a dominant position would usually result in a substantial lessening of orsignificantimpedimentto effective competition.
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They also felt that language and cultural barriers were significant impediments to constructive engagement with mental health services for this group.
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Conversely, serious deficits in early wellness development are likely to predispose significant impediments to later wellness.
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Geographic and social mobility were not the norm - indeed there were significant impediments to each - and as such it was difficult to attach strong sentiments to things not locally based.
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It has to be acknowledged that while there are significant humanitarian needs, there are also significant impediments to the delivery of humanitarian aid.
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Unfortunately, the organic materials used were also very susceptible to the two most significant impediments to preservation and conservation: the elements, and life (both human and animal).
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